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Rita Lee Chapman

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Mystery, Crime, Contemporary

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Born in the UK, I migrated to Australia in my early twenties. It was only when I retired to the Sunshine Coast in Queensland that I wrote my first novel.

The Anna Davies Mystery series comprises five books, Missing in Egypt, Missing at Sea, Missing in London, Missing in France and Missing in Australia.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B083RQ2QDG/

Dangerous Associations is a crime mystery
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00PPRY9FU/
as is
The Poinciana Tree
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07XGGY2PZ

Winston - A Horse's Tale, is for horse lovers from teenagers upwards,
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00G9QOZGE

The DI Mark Williamson Detective series comprise
Murder at the Tennis Club
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DBGC8L4L
and
Murder at the Yacht Club
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FQK1 ...more

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Average rating: 3.98 · 89 ratings · 44 reviews · 17 distinct works

	Missing in Egypt (Anna Davies #1) 3.42 avg rating — 26 ratings — published 2012 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Winston - A Horse's Tale really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2013 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dangerous Associations 3.80 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2014 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Missing at Sea (Anna Davies #2) 3.50 avg rating — 10 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Missing in London (Anna Davies #3) 4.57 avg rating — 7 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Anna Davies Mystery Series (Anna Davies #1-4) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2021	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Poinciana Tree 4.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2019 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Missing in France 4.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Missing in Australia (Anna Davies Mystery Series #5) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Unicorn Angel it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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All my books are now available on Kindle Unlimited - Missing in Egypt, Missing at Sea, Missing in London, The Poinciana Tree and Dangerous Associations have now joined the rest of my books exclusively on Amazon.

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Rita Chapman rated a book really liked it The Italian Correspondent by Belinda Alexandra	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
I always enjoy Belinda Alexandra's books, although I'm not a fan of stories that jump back and forth between two periods and I found this one particularly annoying. Apart from that, interesting characters and plenty of action kept me turning the page ...more
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Rita Chapman rated a book liked it The Survivors by Kate Furnivall (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Klara Janowska and her ten-year-old daughter Alicja find themselves in a displaced person's camp in Germany after the war. They are glad to have a roof over their head, but life is very difficult here. The survivors still have to fight for survival - ...more
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We learn early in the story that Kim is missing girl, Sammy and the story jumps back and forth from there on, between her going missing as a two-year-old and her present-day self. Not particularly engaging.
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Rita Chapman rated a book really liked it When She Was Gone by Sara Foster (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Two missing children and a missing nanny form the basis of this complicated story. The young children of a multi-billionaire's son vanish from a secluded beach early one morning. The detectives tasked with finding out what happened to them have very ...more
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Rita Chapman rated a book really liked it The Reckoning by Jane Casey (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
I really enjoyed this detective story. The pacing is good, the storyline tight and well thought-out, the characters engaging. The main crime is horrific and exemplifies how careful woman have to be when meeting men over the internet. Congratulations, ...more
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Rita Chapman rated a book really liked it The Winter Dress by Lauren Chater (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
This story is centred around a real event - the discovery of a dress which miraculously survived the sinking of a ship many years before. There are two stories - that of the original owner of the dress and her life in the seventeenth century and that ...more
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Voting for January 2019 Group Read - MYSTERY/THRILLER

The Soldier's Curse by Meg Keneally

27 votes, 46.6%

A Stranger in My Street by Deborah Burrows

23 votes, 39.7%

Dangerous Associations by Rita Lee Chapman

8 votes, 13.8%

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“Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.”
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